M A GeneadDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USAEye (Lond) 23:1019-27. 2009

A historical perspective on the early treatment of night blindness and the use of dubious and unproven treatment strategies for patients with retinitis pigmentosa

Gerald A FishmanThe Chicago Lighthouse for People Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired and Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary, Chicago, Illinois, USA Electronic addressSurv Ophthalmol 58:652-63. 2013

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Gerald A FishmanDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, University of Illinois at Chicago, IL 60612, USARetina 25:1014-21. 2005

..To evaluate the short-term test/retest variability in visually normal subjects and patients with retinitis pigmentosa (RP), and to assess the effect of stimulus intensity and baseline amplitude on electroretinogram (ERG) variability...

A historical perspective on the early treatment of night blindness and the use of dubious and unproven treatment strategies for patients with retinitis pigmentosa

Gerald A FishmanThe Chicago Lighthouse for People Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired and Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary, Chicago, Illinois, USA Electronic addressSurv Ophthalmol 58:652-63. 2013

..The examples disclosed should serve as a note of caution for current investigators to guard against self-deception when exploring newly developed treatment strategies. ..

..To determine whether retinal dysfunction in obligate carriers of X-linked retinoschisis (XLRS) could be observed in local electroretinographic responses obtained with the multifocal electroretinogram (mfERG)...

Historical evolution in the understanding of Stargardt macular dystrophy

Gerald A FishmanDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, 60612, USAArch Ophthalmol 121:851-5. 2003

..To identify sequence variations in the ABCA4 gene in a cohort of patients with autosomal recessive cone-rod dystrophy...

Variation of clinical expression in patients with Stargardt dystrophy and sequence variations in the ABCR gene

G A FishmanDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, 60612, USAArch Ophthalmol 117:504-10. 1999

..To report the spectrum of ophthalmic findings in patients with Stargardt dystrophy or fundus flavimaculatus who have a specific sequence variation in the ABCR gene...

A new 2-base pair deletion in the RPGR gene in a black family with X-linked retinitis pigmentosa

G A FishmanDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago Eye Center, 60612, USAArch Ophthalmol 116:213-8. 1998

..To report the genetic and ophthalmic findings in a black family with X-linked retinitis pigmentosa resulting from a newly identified mutation in the RPGR (retinitis pigmentosa GTPase regulator) gene...